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Defence lawyers urge Supreme Court to force Khadr review
June 9, 2010 – 12:59 pm | No Comment
Defence lawyers urge Supreme Court to force Khadr review

By Sheila Pratt
EDMONTON — Defence lawyers went to federal court in Edmonton Tuesday to try to force a review of the government’s refusal to repatriate Omar Khadr, the Canadian accused of killing an American soldier …

MI5 told all evidence in torture trials will be heard in public
May 5, 2010 – 3:58 pm | No Comment
MI5 told all evidence in torture trials will be heard in public

By Robert Verkaik
Six former detainees at Guantanamo Bay have won their legal battle to have their claims against the Government heard in public.
In a far-reaching judgment on the principle of open justice, the Court of …

Interrogators had free hand to terrify detainees, Khadr hearing told – Khadr routinely trussed up in cage, hearing told
May 5, 2010 – 3:52 pm | No Comment
Interrogators had free hand to terrify detainees, Khadr hearing told – Khadr routinely trussed up in cage, hearing told

By Paul Koring
Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Station, Cuba
Omar Khadr, then a gravely wounded 15-year-old, was routinely trussed up in a cage “in one of the worst places on Earth,” according to a hulking former military …

Plea-bargain talks held in Khadr case, lawyer says – Canadian terrorism suspect held in Guantanamo Bay set to appear for pretrial motions
April 29, 2010 – 12:37 pm | Comments Off
Plea-bargain talks held in Khadr case, lawyer says – Canadian terrorism suspect held in Guantanamo Bay set to appear for pretrial motions

By Paul Koring

Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Station, Cuba
Preliminary talks have been held to end Omar Khadr’s war-crimes trial with a plea bargain that could lead to his release and repatriation to Canada, but agreement from …

Omar Khadr’s defender sees ‘no way’ for fair trial – Nathan Whitling argues that Bush-era military tribunals leave no room for an impartial verdict for a Canadian he believes was tortured
April 26, 2010 – 2:29 pm | One Comment
Omar Khadr’s defender sees ‘no way’ for fair trial – Nathan Whitling argues that Bush-era military tribunals leave no room for an impartial verdict for a Canadian he believes was tortured

By Paul Koring
In shackles and flanked by military guards, Omar Khadr will be taken this week from the razor-wire-ringed Guantanamo Bay prison compound where he has spent almost a third of his life to a …

More GTMO transfers – DOJ reports that three GTMO detainees have been transferred to the Republic of Georgia. No identifying information was given. Press release
March 24, 2010 – 6:25 am | No Comment
More GTMO transfers – DOJ reports that three GTMO detainees have been transferred to the Republic of Georgia.  No identifying information was given.  Press release

Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
United States Transfers Three Guantanamo Bay Detainees to Georgia
The Department of Justice today announced that three detainees have been transferred from the detention facility at …

The Guantánamo “Suicides”: A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle:
March 3, 2010 – 12:09 pm | No Comment
The Guantánamo “Suicides”: A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle:

By Scott Horton
1. “Asymmetrical Warfare”
When President Barack Obama took office last year, he promised to “restore the standards of due process and the core constitutional values that have made this country great.” Toward that …

Ottawa asks U.S. to omit evidence in Khadr case – But observers call response to last month’s Supreme Court of Canada ruling ‘inadequate and invalid’
February 17, 2010 – 5:57 pm | No Comment
Ottawa asks U.S. to omit evidence in Khadr case – But observers call response to last month’s Supreme Court of Canada ruling ‘inadequate and invalid’

By Sarah Boesveld
The federal government has asked the United States not to use Canadian-collected evidence in prosecutions against Omar Khadr, a gesture observers are calling “inadequate and invalid.”
In a statement released late Tuesday, Justice Minister …

Binyam Mohamed torture evidence must be revealed, judges rule – Court of appeal ruling compels British government to disclose what MI5 knew of refugee’s treatment in Guantánamo Bay
February 10, 2010 – 6:44 pm | No Comment
Binyam Mohamed torture evidence must be revealed, judges rule – Court of appeal ruling compels British government to disclose what MI5 knew of refugee’s treatment in Guantánamo Bay

By Richard Norton-Taylor
Three of Britain’s most senior judges have ordered the government to reveal evidence of MI5 complicity in the torture of British resident Binyam Mohamed – unanimously dismissing objections by David Miliband, the foreign …

Tories stand pat on Omar Khadr
February 3, 2010 – 5:35 pm | No Comment
Tories stand pat on Omar Khadr

By Gloria Galloway
The Conservative government will not ask for Omar Khadr to be repatriated from an American detention centre in Cuba despite a Supreme Court ruling that his rights have been violated, the Foreign Affairs …

Rubbing Salt in Guantanamo’s Wounds: Task Force Announces Indefinite Detentions
January 26, 2010 – 11:32 pm | No Comment
Rubbing Salt in Guantanamo’s Wounds: Task Force Announces Indefinite Detentions

By Andy Worthington
With a stunning lack of sensitivity, President Barack Obama’s Guantánamo Review Task Force chose the anniversary of the president’s failed promise to close the prison to announce its conclusions regarding the eventual fate …

US magazine claims Guantánamo inmates were killed during questioning – Harper’s investigation quotes camp staff who say suspects died in interrogation and their deaths were made to look like suicides
January 19, 2010 – 4:22 pm | No Comment
US magazine claims Guantánamo inmates were killed during questioning – Harper’s investigation quotes camp staff who say suspects died in interrogation and their deaths were made to look like suicides

By Ian Cobain
US government officials may have conspired to conceal evidence that three Guantánamo Bay inmates could have been murdered during interrogations, according to a six-month investigation by American journalists.
All three may have been suffocated …

Zahir v. Bush (D.D.C. Oct. 28, 2009) – Discovery issues in GTMO habeas
November 5, 2009 – 2:18 pm | No Comment
Zahir v. Bush (D.D.C. Oct. 28, 2009) – Discovery issues in GTMO habeas

Judge Roberts has published a detailed, 15-page decision granting in part and denying in part Zahir’s motion for permission to propound various interrogatories in this habeas proceeding.
The opinion contains extended discussion of what facts will …

Release After 8 Long Years – Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs Press Release: United States Transfers Six Uighur Detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Palau
November 4, 2009 – 2:39 pm | No Comment
Release After 8 Long Years – Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs Press Release: United States Transfers Six Uighur Detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Palau

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Saturday, October 31, 2009

United States Transfers Six Uighur Detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Palau
Six detainees who are Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity have been transferred from the …